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24th EMODnet Steering Committee (Summer 2026) - Agenda

Agenda containing all topics for discussion during the 24th EMODnet Steering Committee (Summer 2026) Meeting, taking place as a hybrid meeting on 23 June 2026 (full day)

Created on
30 June 2026
Theme
  • EMODnet

Date and time: 23 June 2026 (09:30 – 16:45 CEST*)

Location: DG MARE, Rue Belliard 28, 1049, Bruxelles and online (Zoom)

Meeting Chair: Jan-Bart Calewaert, Senior advisor to EMODnet

Participants: EMODnet Secretariat, EMODnet Portal team, EMODnet Thematic and Data Ingestion Coordinators, CINEA, EC DG MARE, DG ENV, DG DEFIS, DG RTD, JRC, EEA
* All times listed are in Central European Summer Time zone

 

Agenda

09:30-10:00 Welcome and Opening remarks (Chair, EMODnet Secretariat and DG MARE)

  • Practical arrangements and welcome to guests (EMODnet Secretariat)
    • Introduction to the meeting agenda, agenda adoption (Chair, EMODnet Secretariat)
    • Opening remarks (DG MARE, CINEA, ALL)

 

10:00-10:30: Operational Updates (EMODnet Secretariat, ALL)

  • List and status of actions from previous SC meeting (Autumn 2025, 23rd SC)
  • Short update from EMODnet 19th Technical Working Group
  • Use Case & Data Sharing Success Stories: Templates & Updates
  • EMODnet Terms of Use
  • Updates to the Portal Thematic static content pages

 

10:30-11:00: European Policy updates (EC DG MARE, RTD, ENV, DEFIS, all)

  • OceanEye
  • Ocean Pact and the Ocean Research and Innovation Agenda
  • MSFD and MSP revision
  • Biodiversity e.g., BBNJ
  • European Digital Twin Ocean

 

11:00-11:45: Implementing the EMODnet Vision 2035 (Secretariat, Coordinators, all)

  • EMODnet guiding principles
  • Service offer expansion:
    • Coastal, Deep-sea, polar (partnerships for data integration)
  • National engagement: NODCs, Geological Surveys, Hydrographic Offices, other
  • EMODnet Communication strategy highlights 

 

COFFEE BREAK (15’)

 

12:00 – 13:00 Strengthening and Expanding EMODnet Partnerships: 

  • OceanEye value chain: EuroGOOS and IOC / UNESCO GOOS, IODE
  • Operationalising and streamlining data flows: Research Infrastructures; SBEP and JPI Oceans; Citizen science
  • EMODnet Global contributions and partnerships: UN Ocean Decade; Global marine litter database; Regional data services worldwide; Other
  • EMODnet Associated Partnership: Status update and Corporate (private sector) data sharing 

 

13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK

 

14:00-15:30 EMODnet Thematics & Data Ingestion Updates (EMODnet Coordinators) 

  • Coordinator updates on 7 thematics and Data Ingestion: Challenges of Data Integration & Use Cases (8’ 4 slides & Q&A, allow 90 mins including short Q&A after each presentation)

 

15:30-15:50: Discussion following Coordinator updates e.g., EMODnet User Advisory process

 

15:50-16:20: EMODnet for Ocean Observation Business event (Secretariat, Coordinators, DG MARE, all)

  • Concept note for workshop, Autumn 2026
    • Ocean Observation Technology stakeholders 

 

16:20-16:30: EMODnet for the European Atlas of the Seas (Secretariat, All)

 

16:30 – 16:45

  • Next SC
  • Any Other Business
  • Final remarks and closing of 24th SC Meeting (DG MARE, EMODnet Secretariat)